Philadelphia man charged with sexual assault in Pottstown

POTTSTOWN — A Philadelphia man who was previously convicted of statutory sexual assault has been charged with more than 100 felony counts of assault after additional victims came forward.

Pedro Alberto Domena Jr., 32, allegedly assaulted a mother and her two minor daughters for five months in 2010, police said.

At the time of these assaults, Domena was registered on Megan’s Law as a result of a 2004 statutory sexual assault conviction, police said.

In 2001, Domena plead guilty to making terroristic threats, according to court documents.

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According to police, in 2010, Domena allegedly physically abused one victim and threatened to “put her body in a bag” multiple times if she did not comply with his requests.

Domena allegedly told his victims that the abuse would stop if two of the victims would have sex with him at the same time. However, police said, the abuse did not stop.

Police said that the youngest victim was often locked in her room by Domena. According to the victim, her room locked from the outside, so she was unable to exit on her free will.

The victims told police that alleged continuous abuse took such a toll that they quit going to work, police said.

Some of Domena’s charges include rape by forcible compulsion, sexual assault, aggravated indecent assault, false imprisonment and child pornography, according to court paperwork.

Domena was arraigned on Sept. 11. District Judge Elizabeth A. McHugh set his bail at $500,000. Domena is confined to the Montgomery County Correctional Facility in lieu of his bail.

His next court appearance is scheduled for Sept. 20 at 10 a.m. in front of District Judge Scott T. Palladino.

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